Reduced field-of-view MRI using outer volume suppression for spinal cord diffusion imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-630

  Wilm, Bertram J ^a,b   Svensson, J ^a,c   Henning, A ^b   Pruessmann, K P ^b   Boesiger, P ^b   Kollias, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diffusion imaging; DTI; Outer volume suppression; Reduced FOV; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DIFFUSION IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GRADIENT-REVERSAL TECHNIQUE; HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS; OUTER VOLUME SUPPRESSION; REDUCED FOV; SPINAL CORDS; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

RADIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; SPIN ECHO SINGLE SHOT ECHOPLANAR IMAGING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33847725167     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21167     Document Type: Article

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